Mulga is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 768 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mulga is the 317th largest community in Alabama. Mulga has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Mulga is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.40% of the Mulga workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Mulga is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mulga who work in office and administrative support (13.94%), healthcare (10.76%), and sales jobs (7.97%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Mulga has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mulga a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Mulga is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mulga, the average commute to work is 34.09 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Mulga is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Mulga ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 3.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Mulga in 2022 was $22,689, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,756 for a family of four. However, Mulga contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mulga is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mulga home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mulga residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mulga include English, Irish, European, German, and Nigerian. The most common language spoken in Mulga is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
